Since the 1960s, male and female pictograms – often color-coded blue and red – have become the norm for marking public toilets in much of the world, with the female symbol distinguished by a triangular skirt or dress, and in early years the male symbol stylized like a tuxedo. Schoolhouse outhouses in the 19th-century United States had ventilation holes in their doors that were shaped like a starburst Sun ✴ or like a crescent Moon ☾, respectively, to indicate whether it was the boys' or the girls' toilet. The newer the fonts on your system, the more likely are they to have the latest Unicode characters.Main articles: Public toilet § Society and culture, and Unisex public toilet Instead of the expected Unicode symbol, then your display font doesn’t have the requiredĬharacters. Small selection of gender-neutral emojis depicting characters and roles Gender-neutral transport and map symbols (typically used for restrooms and baby change rooms) The small selection below provides some examples of gender-neutral symbols that have some connection to the gendered symbols above. This vast majority of gender-neutral symbols includes all emoticons (smileys) and even some symbols with gender-specific names (such as 💂 U+1F482 Guardsman).

Selection of gender-neutral Unicode symbolsīy default, all emojis except the ones listed in the “gendered” section above are gender-neutral and should be depicted as such. 🤰 1F930 Pregnant women (perhaps not surprisingly, without a male counterpart) 🤵 1F935 Man in tuxedo (presumably to match 👰 U+1F470 Bride with veil)

🕺 1F57A Man dancing (presumably to match the somewhat obscure character 👰 U+1F46F Woman with bunny ears, which is often depicted as one or two dancing women) 🤶 1F936 Mother Christmas (to match 🎅 U+1F385 Father Christmas) Most are designed to gender-balance the above emojis depicting characters and roles: 🕴 U+1F574 Man in business suit levitating įor Unicode version 9.0, scheduled for June 2016, some emoji additions are being discussed. Gendered emojis depicting characters and roles 🚹 U+1F6B9 Mens symbol | 🚺 U+1F6BA Womens symbol 🛉 U+1F6C9 Boys symbol | 🛊 U+1F6CA Girls symbol Gendered transport and map symbols (typically used for restrooms and changing rooms) 👬 U+1F46C Two men holding hands | 👭 U+1F46D Two women holding hands The complete list of gendered emojis is below. By default, all other emojis are gender-neutral. The Unicode guidelines state that only very few emojis have an explicit gender. Gendered emojis and other symbols relating to gender Unicode: Alchemical symbol for iron or crocus of iron. Unicode: Alchemical symbol for quicksilver. Sometimes used for non-binary transgender humans, virgin females, or flowers with both male and female reproductive organs Unicode: Asexuality, sexless, genderless. Unicode: Bisexuality.ĭoubled male and female sign. This sign is confusingly also sometimes used for bisexuality. Male with stroke and male and female sign

Biological symbol for female